TEXARKANA, Ark. -- With phases 1 and 2 of Texarkana Regional Airport's 40,000-square-foot passenger terminal nearly complete, airport officials are commencing plans to get the $36 million project finished by summer 2024.
Airport Board members approved Thursday using about $6.7 million in Federal Aviation Administration funds and slightly more than $1 million in airport finance for Phase 3. This will include installing all the building's interior walls, rooms, offices, interior lighting and flooring, along with electrical and plumbing installations.
Nabholz Construction Services of Conway, Arkansas, will do the work, Airport Director Paul Mehrlich said.
In September, dozens of local government and Texarkana Regional Airport officials sported hard hats as they gathered for a "topping off" ceremony when phases 1 and 2 started. The work involved erecting the frame and constructing the roof.
In other business, Mehrlich told board members that an Ohio-based Cold War museum's officials recently inspected the airport's 1952 Air Force radar dome. The group decided to collect certain parts of the structure but not the whole thing.
The airport will eventually have to demolish the dome, which closed around 1968 when improved satellite technology rendered it obsolete.